Hearing Sikong Xiao say that he was going to investigate the kidnapping, Hua Mian was a little puzzled, when did this kind of thing need to be sent by the Jianghumen to investigate, but think about the relationship between his master and the royal family, it is indeed more appropriate for them to let people like Jianghu investigate than to send people out with great fanfare from the official family, and it is not easy to startle the snake.

Sikong Xiao saw that Hua Mian wanted to make sauerkraut fish, and immediately decided to eat before setting off, "It turns out that eating is still more important than business for Sikong Xiao", Hua Mian said quietly, but found that Sikong Xiao on the side suddenly looked in his direction, and hurriedly lowered his head and continued the work in hand.

The fried fish pieces are then boiled in a winter vegetable soup with mustard powder, and at the same time, the bones that were previously put into the soup to enhance the umami are removed, and a small bite of the soup is tasted, because of the delicious food, Hua Mian squinted happily.

"Done?" , Celine saw that she had tasted it and had consciously stood aside with the bowl.

Hua Mian smiled in her heart, thinking about how she met this kind of person around her, and the saying that delicious things can attract people to gather is even common in other worlds.

I don't know if it's the reason for leaving, Sikong Xiao ate two more bowls than usual during the meal, as if he wanted to remember the taste of the dishes made by Hua Mian before leaving.

The sauerkraut in Hanbei City is full of sourness, and the spicy mixture of mustard powder is quite sour, which stimulates people's appetite, and when she heard that Ye Huang was happy to eat, Concubine Jing was overjoyed, and sent someone to send another set of jewelry to Huamian.

"With so much gold and gemstones, if you take them out and sell them, you should be able to sell them for a lot of money," Hua Mian thought, holding a tray with jewelry.

Seeing that Hua Mian was thinking about things at the moment, Sikong Xiao thought of the idea that she must be beating Concubine Jing to reward these jewels, and reminded: "You'd better pay attention, these jewels are engraved in the palace, and they can't be pawned and sold at will."

Hua Mian's interest that she had just mentioned was splashed down by Sikong Xiao's basin of cold water, and she gritted her teeth angrily and took out a plate of steamed cake from the pot and slapped it viciously on the table in front of Sikong Xiao: "Eat yours!" Steamed egg cake! , with marmalade"

Sikong Xiao put down the empty dishes and chopsticks, picked up a piece of cake, and raised a small arc at the corner of his mouth after taking a bite.

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"Physiognomy, hairstyle, makeup, dress, manners, morality, talent"

In the afternoon, three days had passed since Sikong Xiao left, and Hua Mian was told to start preparing for the selection of the Lan Qiu Festival, this time the Lan Qiu Festival was selected by everyone in the palace, so Concubine Jing could no longer find someone from the Ministry of Rites to train Hua Mian, so she had to be taught by the experienced female officials in the Jing Palace and Ling Ran.

From words and deeds to clothing and hair accessories, everything is done under the gaze of two people, if it is watched by a female official, it is just that, what is Mr. Ling here for?

Ling Ran didn't know that Hua Mian was deserting while sitting below, pinching the small handkerchief in his hand and seriously demonstrating to her a few ways to greet her.

"Lord Libu is naturally the best in teaching, but this selection is not only selected from the female officials in each palace, but any palace in the harem can assign people to participate, and your opponents are not all female officials."

"Among these people, you need to pay special attention to the princess," Ling Ran said, his expression became serious.

Princess? Ye Si? Hua Mian remembered hearing about this princess from the maid gossip group, she was the granddaughter of Li Xu, the prime minister of the dynasty, and one of the contenders for the position of the East Palace, but how could a princess come to join in the fun?